By the time the IT professionals assembly 2012 under the aegis of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, (CPN) wound up in Abuja last week, it was obvious that the dust on the name to be given to the Communication Ministry is yet to settle.

As part of its contribution to the development of ICT knowledge in tertiary institutions and youth empowerment, Vodacom Business Nigeria, a pan-African corporate total communication solutions, has organized a three day ICT workshop for the students of Benue State University.

As at January this year, Blackberry users in Nigeria were said to be around 2.4 million but a research by FactBound Research, last week, reported that only 10 percent of that lot use it for office work.

For example: Australia needs 8 years from: 2010: To deliver broadband at speed of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and businesses through fiber-optic cables connected directly to buildings. The other 10 percent of people would get a wireless upgrade.

AS Nigerian financial institutions are fine-tuning plans for the planned implementation of cashless economy in 2013, a a US-based data protection company, SafeNet Incorporated in partnership with Wini Group has organized a sensitization programme on data protection.

THE Lagos State Government and Zinox Technologies are going into partnership on digital education. This was stated by the Chairman of Zinox Group, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh during a courtesy visit to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola.

MTN Nigeria has rolled out an investment plan to boost network quality, which it said was underway before the NCC’s hammer fell on the top four telecom operators, including MTN last month.

Following series of lottery activities by the telecoms operators in the country, the national Lottery Regulatory Commission, (NLRC) has warned again that it would deal accordingly with any operator that fails to abide by the rule of the game, adding that only those with impecable character should be in the lottery business.

There are indications that Nigerians may soon begin to manifest the digital explosions in both their personal lives and businesses as many Nigerians are pooling efforts to keep the country in the global village with different digital investments.

EARLY last month, the four top telecoms firms in the country – MTN, Airtel, Etisalat and Globacom were fined a total N1.17 bn by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for not meeting stipulated quality of service benchmarks called key performance indicators.

A Lagos High Court, Monday, adjourned the case between Barti Airtel and Econet Wireless Nigeria till October, 4, 2012. Justice Adefope-Okorie after hearing all the parties on the propriety or otherwise of setting aside an earlier ruling on the case, asked the parties to go home and prepare for another hearing and apparently a verdict on October 4th.

THE nation still requires other consolidated technology layers such as integrated satellite communication networks and satellite academy institutions to support and ensure Nigeria’s combined satellite communication control for her future, in terms of continental/national security, education, employment, health-care delivery, early warning systems, national emergencies and disaster recovery to mention but a few.

MTN Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to the growth of education in Nigeria. The company’s Corporate Services Executive, Mr. Akinwale Goodluck stated this at the MTN 21 Days of y’ello Care” held in Lagos.

Adobe Platinum partner and South African company, Learning Curve, last week unveiled a suite of Digital classroom tools in Nigeria to add its own quota to the re-energising and standardising of education in Nigeria.

AT the just concluded Mobile Health summit held in Cape Town, South Africa, a new report from GSMA has revealed that there was increasing demand for mobile health services, predicting that the market will be worth US$23 billion by 2017.